On 1/25/22 10:27, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Le 25/01/2022 à 09:49, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng a écrit :
>> Hi Tito,
>>
>> tito via Dng <dng@???> writes:
[...]
>> BTW, I don't use synaptic myself.  Too much bloat.  The command-line
>> suits my needs just fine.
>>
>>
>     I'd have loved using aptitude but could never understand how to do
> the simplest thing with it, although I watched several experts using it
> and was impressed. As a menu-driven package manager, I very often use
> Synaptic, leaving apt-get for quick simple things or when dist-upgrading.
>
>     I don't use synaptic with pkexec to get the permission. I think I
> haven't pkexec installed. I have a button on my pannel programmed with
> sh -c "SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ssh-askpass sudo -A synaptic".
>
>     For this to work, I must have ssh-askpass installed, /etc/sudoers
> configured to allow me to invoque synaptic, plus the following line in
> /etc/sudoers:
>
> Defaults env_keep = "EDITOR LOGNAME XAUTHORITY DISPLAY"
>
>     Only XAUTHORITY and DISPLAY  are needed in this case, the other
> variables serve other purposes.

Why don't you use the trusty old dselect?

Cheers
Mike